Gimme All Your Lovin' Explained

Gimme All Your Lovin'
Cover:Gimme All Your Lovin.jpg
Type:single
Artist:ZZ Top
Album:Eliminator
B-Side:"If I Could Only Flag Her Down"
Released:April 26, 1983
Genre:Hard rock[1]
Length:
  • 3:59 (album version)
  • 3:24 (edited version)
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Bill Ham
Prev Title:Tube Snake Boogie
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Sharp Dressed Man
Next Year:1983

"Gimme All Your Lovin'" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. It was released as the album's first single in early 1983. The single reached No. 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart. It ties with the band's 1992 cover of Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" as their highest-charting single in the UK. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.

Music video

The "Gimme All Your Lovin music video follows a young male gas station attendant who is taken for a ride by a trio of women driving the vintage Eliminator car. The band appears and disappears, and they throw the attendant the keys to the car.[2] The three main actresses were Jeana Tomasino from Wisconsin, Danièle Arnaud from Nice, France, and a third model who dropped out of contact and was not paid.[3] Tomasino had posed for Playboy in 1980.[4]

Record executive Jeff Ayeroff saw how MTV was reshaping popular music throughout 1982. After he joined Warner Bros. Records in early 1983, he convinced them to pay for the first ZZ Top music video, for "Gimme All Your Lovin. Warner hired filmmaker Tim Newman to direct it. Newman's siblings David, Thomas and Maria scored orchestral music, and his cousin was songwriter Randy Newman. Tim Newman met with Ham and the band to discuss ideas for the video.[5] He returned to direct the videos for "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs".[6]

Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000

Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000
Type:single
Artist:Martay feat. ZZ Top
Released:1999
Length:2:54
Label:Riverhorse Records
Chronology:Martay
Next Title:Take You There
Next Year:2000

A cover by Martay featuring ZZ Top, called "Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000", charted in Top 40 in several European countries in 1999 including number 28 in the UK.[7]

Other versions

Charts

Weekly charts

ZZ Top

Chart (1983–1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] 82
France (IFOP)[11] 19
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 37
US Top Tracks (Billboard)2
US Cash Box Top 100[13] 43

Jocelyn Brown & Kym Mazelle

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[14] 19
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 22
UK Dance (OCC)[16] 9
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[17] 12

Martay feat. ZZ Top

Year-end charts

ZZ Top

Chart (1985)Rank
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[18] 76
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] 56
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 52

Notes and References

  1. Book: Daniels, Neil . 2014 . Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: A ZZ Top Guide . Soundcheck Books . 88 . 978-0-9571442-7-9 .
  2. Rob . Sheffield . How ZZ Top Conquered MTV with the 'Eliminator' Trilogy . . July 29, 2021 . September 3, 2021 .
  3. Book: Rob . Tannenbaum . Craig . Marks . 2012 . I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution . . 115–120 . 9780452298569 .
  4. Web site: Playmates: Jeana Tomasino . . September 3, 2021 . August 12, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812132639/http://www.playboy.com/gallery/view/jeana-tomasino-playmate-of-the-month-november-1980.
  5. Book: Sinclair, David . 1986 . Tres Hombres – The Story of ZZ Top . Virgin . London . 77–78 . 0-86369-167-6.
  6. Joe Nick . Patoski . Still ZZ After All These Years . . December 1996 .
  7. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100: 10 October 1999 – 16 October 1999 . . August 22, 2021 .
  8. Web site: Ray . Padgett . Song of the Day: Leningrad Cowboys, "Gimme All Your Lovin (ZZ Top cover) . Cover Me . August 5, 2010 . June 16, 2014 .
  9. Web site: Joe . Robinson . Filter, 'Gimme All Your Lovin" – Song Review . August 29, 2011 . . May 17, 2016.
  10. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
  11. Web site: Le Détail par Artiste . InfoDisc . Select "ZZ Top" from the artist drop-down menu . May 17, 2016 . fr.
  12. Web site: ZZ Top – Awards . . June 2, 2013.
  13. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 21, 1983 . . September 11, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042536/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830521.html.
  14. Web site: Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 02 October 1994 - 08 October 1994. OCC. May 20, 2023.
  15. Web site: Jocelyn Brown and Kym Mazelle. OCC. May 20, 2023.
  16. Web site: Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 02 October 1994 - 08 October 1994. OCC. May 20, 2023.
  17. The RM Club Chart. Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). September 10, 1994. 6. May 20, 2023.
  18. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1985 . Ultratop. Hung Medien . June 16, 2014 . nl.
  19. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985 . . June 16, 2014 . nl.
  20. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985 . Single Top 100. Hung Medien . June 16, 2014 . nl.